Archives for 20 July 2018

Equal Education hails 'momentous' ruling on dilapidated schools: CAPE TOWN - Equal Education has described the Bhisho High Court's ruling as a momentous victory That will strengthen the ability of pupils, teachers, parents and greater society to uphold the rights o...
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'It's unconstitutional for govt to delay fixing dilapidated schools': CAPE TOWN – The High Court in the Bhisho has ruled that it is unconstitutional for government to indefinitely delay the repairing of dilapidated schools. Lobby group Equal Education took the Basic Edu...
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Ruling ‘a huge victory for schools’: in a matter heard in the Eastern Cape High Court in Bhisho. The norms and standards stipulate infrastructure requirements that all public schools must meet, and deadlines by when various kinds of infr...
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Government could face class action lawsuit over inadequate schools: In a scathing judgment delivered in the Bhisho High Court on Thursday (July 19), Acting Judge Nomawabo Msizi wrote that the government’s current regulations on school infrastructure “provide the respo...
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SECTION27 welcomes norms and standards judgment: Public interest law centre SECTION27 on Thursday welcomed judgment delivered in the Bhisho High Court, in the case of Equal Education vs Minister of Basic Education, which found that sections of regul...
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Motshekga told to fix schools: Some of the regulations in the the norms and standards for school infrastructure that the South African government promulgated five years ago are unconstitutional, invalid and need to be amended, the ...
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Lobby group wins in better-schools battle: The Bhisho High Court has ruled in favour of Equal Education’s application to compel basic education minister Angie Motshekga to fix the “loopholes” in the legislated minimum norms and standards for s...
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Court orders end to mud schools: Following a judgment in the Bhisho High Court on Thursday, schools like this one will have to be fixed. Supplied archive photo GroundUp The Bhisho High Court has found parts of the government’s norms ...
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Go-ahead for Bhisho office zone: Buffalo City Metro council has approved the sale of 2.1 hectares of land … [Read more...]

How To Change (a brand) in 10 days: Ready to install new branding Photo: In House Photographer [Johannesburg, 20 July 2018] – While there’s been much debate about the bank’s new logo, the actual task of rolling out Absa’s vision across hundreds of OOH sites had print solutions companies and their partners burning oil day and night. Solethu Brand Engineers (SBE) gives some insights into what it takes to help change a brand in 10 days. “A project of this magnitude is split over various service providers,” says MD, Robyn Fischer. “Our part was to supply PVC, mesh and other materials for a rollout to a variety of sites in Gauteng and surrounding areas.” Ink, hours and caffeine To successfully project manage] the flow of various artworks from agencies to the creation of the final products (ready for installation) one requires significant experience and capabilities – not only in the available type of facility, machinery and materials but, also and most critically, scalability and skillset of people-power to see it through. “The Absa job required nearly 10 days of round-the-clock work from the SBE team,” says Fischer. “In producing billboards and other iconic OOH sites we used significant volumes of ink, 30 rugby fields of material, over 4 000 production hours and burned through countless cups of coffee – the job required all hands on deck without affecting our other projects . . . I am thankful to the SBE team and our partners for helping us successfully complete all work over this time.” Getting things done With its new logo and brand rollout, Absa is hoping to express a new identity as an entrepreneurial, digitally-led bank with deep knowledge of African markets (with global scalability) . . . with Africanacity their “bespoke” word that “embodies the distinctly African ability to always find a way to get things done.” “We echo that sentiment,” says Fischer. “From SBEs perspective we’ve always considered ourselves a company that innovates by nature and delivers on-point – whatever (and wherever) it is needed. Big or small we aim to provide our clients with the same type of service and drive to deliver a fulfilling, superior, customer experience. It was exciting (and challenging) working on the Absa bank OOH rollout project – certainly we hope our efforts in some way mirrors their message that, ‘while we are a continent with immense challenges, we are also … [Read more...]